Clipping-machine.



No. 655,796. Patented Aug. I4, I900. J. K. PRIEST.

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nirrnn STATES PATENT ()FFIECE.

JOSEPH K. PRIEST, OF NASHUA, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

CLIPPING-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,796, dated August14, 1900. Application filed MarohZZ, 1900. Serial No.9,664. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn K. PRIEST,a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashua, Hillsborough county, New Hampshire, have invented.certain new and useful Improvements in Clipping-Machines, of which thefol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hair-clipping machines; and one object of saidinvention is to provide a simple construction which is efficient in useand can be handled with facility.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hair-clipping machinewhich can be used either upon a swinging or upon a standard support, asdesired.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like charactersdesignatecorresponding parts in the various views, Figure 1 is a sideview of a clipping-machine embodying my invention, the same being shownsupported from overhead. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same supportedupona footpiece. Fig. 3 is a detail view of a portion of the device tobe hereinafter more fully described.

Referring specifically to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be seen that ahanging clipper is illustrated wherein a socket member a of a universalor ball-and-socket joint is shown attached to the ceiling or othersuitable overhead support. Cooperating with this socket member a is aball member b,which has connected thereto adepending arm 0, which may bemade in one or more sections and which is provided with means, asindicated at d, for detachably uniting the arm to a rigid supportingrodA. The upper end of the supporting-rod A has a part which cooperateswith the fastening means on the arm 0 and which forms a circumferentialshoulder e, that limits the upward movement of a swiveled supportingcollar or bearing B. This collar B may be adjusted and maintainedagainst movement in a downward direction by the adjustable collar f. Thesupporting-collar B is provided witha bearing g, adapted to receive apivot h, extending from one side of an arm C, so that the arm and theparts carried thereby may be rotated around the axial center of thepivot h. One end of the arm 0 is provided with a handle 2', whereas theopposite end of the arm is provided with a cast in g j, whichconstitutes a bearing for shafts 7c and Z. Fixed to these shafts 7c andZ are coopcrating bevel-gears m n, respectively, and to the shaft 76 isaffixed a suitable belt-pulley which receives a belt D,while theshaftlis connected to a flexible shaft movable within a flexible sheathE. The outer end of the flexible shaft is connected in the usual or anypreferred manner to the movable parts of a hairclipperorshearingdeviceF.Adriving-wheel G is pivoted to the arm 0, between the handle 2' and thepivot h thereof, so as to act as a counterbalance for the parts of thedevice carried on the arm atthe opposite side of the pivot thereof. Theperiphery of the driving wheel is recessed to receive the belt D, sothat motion may be transmitted from said drivingwheel to the shaft andto the movable parts of the clipper F when the wheel is rotated by thehandle 0. The lowerend of the supportingrod A is provided with suitableconnecting means, as indicated at p, for uniting it to a tripod,footpiece, or support II.

It will be observed that by my invention I am enabled to provide aclipping -machine which can be readily used from a swinging or overheadsupport, as illustrated in Fig. 1, or as an upright-standard machine, asrepresented in Fig. 2. All that is necessary to convert the swingingclipper (shown in Fig.1) into the standard clipper (represented in Fig.2) is to disconnectthe supporting-rod A from the arm 0 and to unite therod to the footpiece H. It will likewise be observed that the arm 0 maybe moved around the axial center of the pivot 71. or may be rotated withthe collar 13 around the supporting-rod A, whether the clipper be usedon the hanging or the foot support. It will also be seen that all of themovable parts of the clipper may be adjusted bodily up and down on thesupporting-rod Whether the clipper is used upon the swinging or footsupport.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. In a hair-clipping machine the combination of a rigid supporting-rod,means for movably connecting said supporting-rod to an overhead support,a vertically adjustable bearing rotatably supported upon saidsupporting-rod, an arm pivoted to said bearing and the entire clipperand clipper-operating mechanism carried by said arm whereby the armtogether with the clipper and clipperoperating mechanism may be moved invarious directions.

2. In a hair-clipping machine the combination of a rigid supporting-rod,means for movably connecting said supporting-rod to an overhead support,an adjustable bearing movably supported upon said supporting-rod, an armpivoted to said bearing, clipper mechanism carried by said arm to oneside of the pivot thereof, a driving-wheel carried by the arm on anopposite side of the pivotthereof from that which carries the clippermechanism so as to act as a counterbalance therefor and intermediatedriving connections between the clipper mechanism and the drivingwheel.

3. In a hair-clipping machine the combination of a rigid supporting-rod,a universal joint for movably connectingsaid supporting-rod to anoverhead support, an adjustable collar movably supported upon saidsupporting-rod, an arm pivoted in a bearing upon said collar so that thearm is adapted to turn with relation to the collar and thesupporting-rod, clipper mechanism carried by said arm to one side of thepivot thereof, a driving-wheel carried by the arm on an opposite side ofthe pivot thereof from that which carries the clipper mechanism so as toact as a counterbalance therefor and intermediate drivingconnectionsbetween the clipper mechanism and the driving-wheel.

4. In a hair-clipping machine the combination of a rigid supporting-rod,means adapted to be connected to said supporting-rod for movablyconnecting the same to an overhead support, means for connecting saidrod to a foot-support, an adjustable bearing rotatably supported uponsaid supporting-rod, an arm pivoted to said bearing and clipper andclipper-operating mechanism carried by said arm whereby the arm togetherwith the clipper and clipper-operating mechanism may be moved in variousdirections.

5. In a hair-clipping machine the combination of a rigid supporting-rod,a foot-support rem'ovably secured thereto, means adapted to be connectedto said supporting-rod for movably connecting the same to an overheadsupport, an adjustable bearing rotatably supported upon saidsupporting-rod, an arm pivoted'to said bearing, and clipper andclipperoperating mechanism carried by said arm whereby the arm togetherwith the clipper and clipper-operating mechanism may be moved in variousdirections. I

6. In a hair-clipping machine the combination of a rigid supporting-rod,a support removably secured thereto, a bearing rotatably support-ed uponsaid supporting-rod, an arm pivoted to said bearing, a hand-operateddriving-wheel carried by the arm on one side of the pivot thereof andclipper mechanism carried by said arm upon the opposite side of thepivot from that which carries the drivingwheel so as to act as acounterbalance therefor and intermediate driving connection between theclipper mechanism and the handoperated driving-wheel.

JOSEPH K. PRIEST.

Witnesses:

WM. A. NELSON, WARREN B. NELsoN.

